How can Bills get over the hump and make Super Bowl? Three things Buffalo must do to unseat Chiefs

The Bills added another haunting loss to their playoff resume in the 27-24 defeat at home at the hands of the Chiefs on Sunday night, and fans are already thinking “how can this team get over the hump?” 

I’ve outlined my three main ideas here, one of which is very specific, while the other two are more philosophical. I can get like that sometimes. 

Before I begin, I lean toward the idea that the “salary cap is fake,” and that Buffalo can get under the cap in just three simple, quite logical moves: 1) a Josh Allen restructure (would save $23.1M), 2) a Stefon Diggs restructure (would save $13.1M) and 3) a Von Miller post-June 1 cut (would save $6.7M). And that’s just three maneuvers. They’ll have money. 

Add a highly talented WR early in the draft 

This is of the utmost priority for the Bills entering next season. 

Bills GM Brandon Beane has mentioned that playoff elimination games highlight a team’s biggest issues; in the January 2023 divisional-round loss to the Bengals, it was clear the Bills weren’t on the same level as other Super Bowl contenders in the secondary receiver department. 

They kinda-sorta addressed that issue by selecting receiving tight end Dalton Kincaid in the first round a few months later. Low-level free-agent adds Trent Sherfield and Deonte Harty each made a negligible impact on Buffalo’s passing game in 2023, and Gabe Davis again proved to be more of a liability than a true consistent weapon as a full-time wideout. 

Since the Bills picked Allen in 2018, they’ve drafted one wide receiver (Davis, Round 4) and two tight ends (Kincaid and Dawson Knox, Round 3) in the first four rounds of the draft. That has to change. Now. 

Sure, Buffalo traded for Stefon Diggs in that stretch, but that move occurred five seasons ago.

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Author : Chris Trapasso

Publish date : 2024-01-22 21:02:15

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